# PopSockets

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed, 2025
**Certified since:** 2022 (most recent: 2025)
**Industry:** Everyday essentials
**Website:** https://www.popsockets.com/en-us/home
**Sustainability page:** https://www.popsockets.com/en-us/pages/purpose.html

## Sustainability story

At PopSockets, we believe in making impactful products to support happier and healthier digital lifestyles and using our platform to catalyze positive change. Our sustainability approach involves making products that help extend the life of carbon-intensive mobile phones while using a minimal amount of materials, measuring our carbon footprint, and embracing the power of sustainable materials in our products, policies, and partnerships to reduce our footprint. We offset remaining carbon emissions by supporting partners pursuing innovative models to reduce food waste.

## Emissions (2025)

**Methodology:** PopSockets's emissions inventory uses a mix of spending and activity-based data. An independent third party verification ensures accuracy and completeness of the inventory. The Change Climate team reviews the submission for compliance with the Standard.

- Scope 1: 20 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 37 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 8 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 9,057 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 7,932 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 9,114 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 7,960 tCO2e**

**Emissions intensity:** Per dollar of revenue — dollar of revenue

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 (loc) | Scope 2 (mkt) | Scope 3 (loc) | Scope 3 (mkt) | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 0 | 10,878 | 0.06 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8,933 | 0.07 |
| 2023 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 10,366 | 0.08 |
| 2024 | 20 | 37 | 8 | 9,057 | 7,932 | 0.07 |

## Reduction plans

### Science-aligned targets
- We commit to reducing 2021 Scope 1 and 2 emissions 50% by 2030. (completion: 100%)

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions from materials in our core product lines. (source: Raw materials, target: Q2 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions from energy used in the manufacturing of our products by encouraging the installation or use of renewable energy at certain facilities and managing our production mix to drive increased efficiency across facilities as needed. (source: Supply chain energy use, target: Q2 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce food consumption related emissions, one of the biggest drivers of climate change. (source: Operational waste, target: Q2 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We will update our Responsible Sourcing Standards on the Environment to be aligned with the Higg Facility Environment Module (FEM), and deploy the updated Standards in Q4 2023. (source: Supply chain energy use, target: Q1 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We will update our contracts with our contract manufacturers to require the setting of science-aligned targets for their Scope 1 and 2 emissions. (source: Supply chain energy use, target: Q4 2024, completion: 85%)
- **Scope 1** — Reduce scope 1 & 2 emissions by using 100% renewables in our HQ & sales office locations. (source: Energy at offices or controlled facilities, target: Q4 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 2** — We plan to explore renewables for retail locations acquired in 2023 and 2024, and implement opt-in renewable energy purchase plans where they are available. (source: Electricity, target: Q3 2025, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to expand the use of our PlantCore bioplastic in our MagSafe Grip and MagSafe Wallet+ products. (source: Raw materials, target: Q2 2025, completion: 50%)
- **Scope 3** — We will reduce the usage of air freight to lower our upstream transportation emissions by 10% (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q2 2025, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We will replace 20% of air freight with limited-port "fast boat" ocean shipping. (source: Upstream shipping, target: 2025, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — We will research options for product circularity, recycling industrial waste back into certain product lines. (source: Raw materials, target: 2025, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Transition 30% plastic to 100% recycled material across across all product lines (source: Packaging, target: 2026, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce flight-based business travel by 10% for all employees by Optimize business travel by reducing air transportation. Implement a company travel policy that prioritizes low-carbon alternatives (e.g., high-speed rail, virtual meetings) where feasible (source: Business travel, target: 2026, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2025)

**Total funding:** $705,073

**Carbon fee:** $15/tCO2e

**Spend by category:**
- VCA (Voluntary Carbon / Reductions): $705,073
- OC (Organizational Commitments): $0
- BVC (Beyond Value Chain): n/a

### Projects
- [VCA] Plant-Based Resin Integration (Low-carbon material purchase, Materials & Manufacturing): $705,073

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